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I'm pretty sure I stated facts but how is this for confusion and over hype, read the last sentence Sir...this has been the narrative for the past month. State officials have tallied 602,829 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, according to reports from the Florida Department of Health. As of Sunday, 10,534 have died from the disease, including 72 additional people reported Monday. The total also includes 137 people who live elsewhere but died in Florida. The daily total does not reflect deaths that occurred in the past 24 hours, but over recent weeks.

Miami Dade has the most dense population in the state so its not surprising, however you're completely wrong on the elective surgeries they only stopped at the beginning of the pandemic from March to May, otherwise they have been open. Furthermore two hospitals in Broward and Dade handle 90% of the Covid cases for their respective counties. Again, these hospitals are not over run and have plenty of hands on deck to help. We are beating it back, the virus made its way south, we were shut down as much as anyone for 2 1/2 months. Mid June and July was tough but we are doing just fine.... We knew it was at the door? We protected our most vulnerable and did our part, the virus spread due to the younger demographic etc

So the virus declining isn't good news here? Beats the alternative.

Ha ha, that's funny....partly true.

Yet every mofo and their wife is here fishing, golfing, at the beach yet gets trashed. Hey what can you do right?

I don't lean one way or the other, but believe directly what I hear from folks on the front lines. My wife's best friend works at Broward Gen, some of the stuff they make them do is head scratching and I will leave it at that. As of two weeks ago they had 80 Covid patients in ICU, two on vents. They retrofitted another floor to accommodate just Covid and its hardly being used...Jackson Mem is a larger hospital and Miami is the epicenter, lots of beds, lots of nurses and there was a flux in July but tapered gradually. Now there numbers are pretty low. Our positivity rate is 4.83%, health experts agreed under 5% you are free to resume normal daily activity, FWIW.

Why are you so angry? I thought this site didn't resort to name calling... and I never said you did Major. Grow up buddy and step away from the keyboard.

Have a good day Champ.

I believe the nurses and doctors who work at Broward General and Jackson Memorial you know the ones on the front lines. I have friends in both hospitals and they are laying off nurses due to how slow they are. Now these hospitals due to their size are the counties hub for Covid treatment, there are def cases there I won't argue that but its not the triage center they are making it out to be. This is a serious thing if you have serious issues or a weak immune system. I deal with testing clinics daily and this is always the hot topic, if you see alerts from the Sun/Orlando Sentinel about the daily death toll open the link and read it, it states "this information was taken over the course of several weeks" not 24 hour period, ye tthey run the death ticker like the NYSE. Cmon man. He was actually found in vomit with a male prostitute and drugs, what else do you need to know? He went into rehab ...

Florida is below 5% positivity rate champ.... I will be there if I can get a ticket.

How do you know this? Who's to say intelligence was ignored, no one knew the extent of this virus and still doesn't. I'm not pounding my chest for Trump but no one knows the first thing about this virus other than how its transmitted. The info we got from the WHO was the catalyst for disaster and spread. That's where your frustration and anger should be. The numbers are extremely flawed, I work with testing companies and review numbers both infected and deaths daily and they are blatantly false. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I agree Trump can have more class and be more Presidential but its simply not his way. After 4 years you'd have thought everyone would have just let it go and moved on.

I'll bite here, what would they have done differently and is their experience level in dealing with a first of its time pandemic? Just curious....

I can’t speak for the rest of the states but Florida is way wrong... that number has been taken over multiple weeks not over night. It’s terrible reporting and they have been doing this for over 3 weeks now. It states it plainly in the article that this count is over “multiple weeks”. Take it for what it’s worth.

Florida counted 247 deaths yesterday... when you read the article it states this is an accumulation over multiple weeks. Not a 24 hr period. That’s the main issue with the information everyone is getting. Sun Sentinel is a disappointment with their intel. I could care less about the political side of this they need to do their jobs a lot better.

I am in FL as well, Broward to be exact. Nothing has changed since the proposed phase 1 opening. Every where you go folks have a mask on and that is totally fine. If you want to enter a private business and they require shirt and shoes well not its a mask for safety purposes. Buddy of mine just tested positive this week, slight sore throat no smell or taste. Look is the virus real absolutely, is the hysteria real 100%....we need to be a lot better as people to get through things like this and I really don't care about the political angle, time to grow up. Times like these show how we progress as a nation and while there are a few bright spots we can still be a positive example. I am not telling anyone how to live their life but reading this thread has been eye opening to say the least. Talk about ebb and flow... Stay safe Mofo's...

Bingo.

well it’s good to know we have such high and mighty fans on this board. These are the same fans in large majority who have gotten wasted at a game at least once in their lives and driven home I bet. If you say not me I’m sure you were party to it at some point. And I’m just as guilty. the guy looks like he was riding his off-road vehicle maybe had a few pops.... and on a two lane road he could have been looking at his phone an swerved... causing someone to call it in, all valid btw. Bad judgment ok but doesn’t make him a villain. He may get one game tops and who cares really.

Please don't pay Dawkins...at least not elite LT money. He is a definite weak spot on the OL.

Whatever you say boss.

Agreed, holy cow was it an incredibly depressing broadcast. Aside from the Broadcasted tragedies some of these kids had to go through to the non-stop ads about Covid-19. I hope it’s safe to say as Americans and humans we all appreciate what the front lines folks are doing. But to have the non stop doom and gloom sandwiched between every pick was ridiculous.

Fromm was a top 15 pick had he came out the year prior. With the exception of Swift he had zero in the way of tangible weapons at UGA. Great upside and can make all of the throws

I like the pick. Reminds me of Jared Allen. Has room to add weight and still be fluid. Doesn’t do one thing outstanding but is a gamer.

Take care of yourself my man.

Prior to the border closure from Asia between 3-4,000 people came into the US daily!. Now I live in So Fla which is probably the most transient place in the US. Cruise ships and tourism account for 30million people annually. I wholeheartedly believe this virus has been here for close to 6 months give or take. We would be naïve to think otherwise and the govt know it. My niece had the same symptoms you mentioned above, even tested for flu which we thought she had and came back negative, just a bad virus strain is what the dr said and took her two weeks to get right. Long and short...stay home, chill out if you can and let the medical experts catch up to patients who need it.

Folks, vaccines take between 3-4 years to be created and properly tested... I have heard they are working on a few different strains now, which is not good. That means this is mutating. This virus isn’t the flu where it originated from human beings and passed the same way, your body carries antibodies to fight the flu as it recognizes the strain in your DNA. This virus originated in an animal and mutated to effect humans. Again, it’s like H1N1 in that there is treatment options available. We all see the stress this is putting on the world in general. Football would be a great distraction but I highly doubt this is behind us by August at the earliest. Stay safe Bills fans and just chill inside or away from people for a month or so.